The following is the third in a series of posts that are excerpted from the Action Alliance’s soon-to-be-released Harm and Accountability Conversation Seed Packet: A Discussion Guide to Support Sexual … read more “Restorative vs. Punitive Approaches: How They’re Different and Why We Should Be Paying Attention”
The following is the third in a series of posts that are inspired by the Action Alliance’s soon-to-be-released Harm and Accountability Conversation Seed Packet: A Discussion Guide to Support Sexual … read more ““Perpetrator” vs. “Victim” and the Impact of Carceral Logic”
The following is the second in a series of posts inspired by the Action Alliance’s soon-to-be-released Harm and Accountability Conversation Seed Packet: A Discussion Guide to Support Sexual & Domestic … read more “Accountability Is a Healing Practice…And Most of Us Have a Lot to Learn About It”
The following is the first in a series of posts inspired by the Action Alliance’s soon-to-be-released Harm and Accountability Conversation Seed Packet: A Discussion Guide to Support Sexual & Domestic … read more “Sparking Conversations About Accountability and Healing”
Recently, I served as the officiant at my child’s wedding. After the ceremony, the wedding photographer approached me, not for a picture, but to share an insight. While she had… read more “Harm and Accountability and a Wedding”
Hint: it doesn’t involve The AcademyA torrent of tweets, condemnations, and think pieces have been unleashed in the wake of Will Smith’s disquieting slap of Chris Rock at the… read more “The Slap: What is meaningful accountability for what happened at the Oscars?”
A Movement History from a Systems AdvocateThis piece is the second in the blog series, “Dreaming Up a More Liberated Future” which will explore how we (as a country, … read more “Sexual and Domestic Violence Agencies and Law Enforcement, Part 1 of 2”
Below is an excerpt from “How can advocates better understand Transformative Justice and its connection to gender-based violence intervention and prevention work?” a blog post by Laura Chow… read more “Transformative Justice and Gender-based Violence Intervention and Prevention”
This piece is the first in the blog series, “Dreaming Up a More Liberated Future” which will explore how we (as a country, and as a movement to end gender-based … read more “Punishment Is Not Accountability”
TRIGGER WARNING: Charlottesville attack, white supremacist violence, physical harm ……. ……. Almost two years later, I still think about Charlottesville nearly every day. I hear the sickening thud thud thud… read more “Trauma is an underground river: On Charlottesville, Healing, and Transformative Justice”
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